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Friday, February 3, 2017

GET NAKED...

In order to
fully love ourselves, we must love the skin we are in, no matter what.

Too often we pick ourselves
apart because we don’t look like supermodels, movie stars, and other highly
edited public figures. This isn’t helping us, and the truth is, everyone has
their hang ups.

We could make a list of all the
things we don’t like about ourselves, but thats not productive, and to be quite
frank, why shouldn’t we love all parts of ourselves?

Unfortunately insecurities about
our looks usually stem back to our childhoods when someone made a passing
remark, a mean comment, or bullied us.

Yes, we should want to be
healthy, and the best versions of ourselves, but that isn’t going to happen the
more we pick ourselves apart.

Stand dead on facing front in
the mirror, and slowly turn all while keeping your eyes on yourself in the
mirror, and start saying something like:

“I like my eyes. They’re blue
and bright, and show my soul. They allow me to see the world, which is
incredible. I like my ears because they fit my face, and help me hear
incredible things like music, which I can’t imagine living without. I love my
teeth because I have all of them, and they allow me to eat whatever I want
without assistance. I love my legs because they let me move, and I don’t need
help getting around.”

I think you see where I’m going
with this.

It’s not just about what you
see, it’s about what all these body parts do for you.

Yes, it's great if you like what
you see, and if you have physical attributes you like because of how they
look. Just don’t let these things be what drives you because every single
one of us will age. It just is what it is. There's no escaping it.

If you woke up this morning, can
walk, can feed yourself, and aren’t physically dependent upon anyone else then
you’re already so much luckier than millions of people out in the world.

Yes, you should want to be a
healthy weight, and a have a body that operates at maximum efficiency, but this
goes deeper than that.

Society has encouraged us to be
vain, so that we constantly are left wanting something, or thinking that if we
do spend all this money fixing our exteriors that we'll finally be happy. It
truly comes down to making money. The unhappier we are, the more we try to mask
that unhappiness with clothes, makeup, plastic surgery, and the list goes on.
I'm going to let you in on a big secret, some of the most beautiful people I
know, aren't happy at all because happiness, confidence, and peace come
from within.

The more we fight this body, the
more our bodies will fight us, so give in to this body. Your body is a temple.
Love it. Honor it. Be kind it to. Enjoy it because one day you’ll look back,
and think, "Damn, my body wasn't as half as bad as I thought it was. It
actually was pretty amazing." So thank it for all it has done up until
this point.

Our bodies have gotten us this
far, so let’s continue to love them, and take care of them to the best of our
abilities.